(later D.W. Barker Ltd)

(later Barker Brick Works Ltd)

Grid Reference: SO 850564

This engraving that dates from about 1920 is from
the archives of the MIAC and is the only known image of D.W.
Barker's Worcester Patent Brick Works that shows the hand worked
narrow gauge railway. The brick works was located on the east side of
the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Gregory's Bank, Worcester. The
wealth of detail in the image is impressive. There are several barges
being towed by horses, two loaded horse drawn wagons and six narrow
gauge skips to the right hand side.

This extract from the 1905 edition of the
Ordnance Survey map of Worcester shows that the engraving is a true
representation of the site. The area to the west of canal marked
'190' was the site of Worcester City Football Club until April 2013.
Barker's Brickworks has long since been demolished and the site is
now occupied by industrial units. The tall chimney sat atop the kiln
and this was demolished in the 1960s. The date when the railway was
laid is nor known but it is not recorded on the 1886-7 Ordnance
Survey map.